Bears are very smart
in Yosemite and Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. If you
think you can store you food in your car and it will be safe,
the picture above should change your mind. Any visible item or
smell will invite a bear to make himself or herself at home with
your car. Doors offer little resistance to a bear, which they
open like tin foil. I recently talked to a mom that drove the
kids around in a van. Her van had picked up a lot of smells from
all those kids and while on a backpacking trip the bears decided
to check our her van. The results, $5000 in damages. If they
can do that to a van do you think your tent will offer any resistance?
What I'm trying to tell you is that you should
not take food into your tent either, or clothing that has food
smells on them. You also need to take proper precautions to store
your food in the mountains. The bears in Yosemite are some of
the most intelligent in the United States. I should also tell
you that no one has been killed from a bear in California since
about the turn of the century. Everything you probably know about
bears you probably have learned from the movies. Do you really
think that they told you the truth? NO. If you use the proper
food storage methods, and chase off any bears that try to get
your food, then things can only improve for everyone.(I wish
I could find the web page where I found this picture at, if it's
yours let me know)